Abstract

The purpose of this research is to know of the implication of coastal and sea reclamation towards coastal people and to know the available efforts of protection as well as protection that should be performed. By benefiting primary legal materials such as legislation regulations and international conventions as well as secondary legal materials such as text books, court decisions. Experts' opinion, research results, journals, internet sources and non-legal materials, it can be concluded that coastal and sea reclamation possessed urgent implication on the coastal people's rights so protection is necessary towards the coastal people through the establishment of special act concerning coastal and sea reclamation, arranging the reclamation comprehensively, comprising the adat law community, local as well as urban community rights, also regulating the requirements, planning, performing, protection and/or compensation of the people as well as ordering conserving the function of the environment